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1 OIL STO'VE. No. 325,471. A Patented sept. 1,1885.

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FRANK A. ABENDROTH, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

OIL-STOVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 325,471, dated September 1, 1885.

Application filed January 28, 1885. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK A. ABENDROTH, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city, county, and State of New York, have invented Vcertain new and useful Improvements in Oil-Stoves, of which the following is a specification.

This invention pertains to certain improvements inthe arrangement and construction of the various parts of oil or gas stoves, as will appear in the annexed claims. y In the drawings, Figure l is a vertical sect-ion from the front to the rear, and also shows an outline of the tilting movements. Fig. 2 is a plan of the upper plate as applied to a stove of this plan. Fig. 3 is a plan of the drip-plate. l

It is the purpose of my invention to iniprove the construction of oil or gas stoves, whereby the drum portion may be tilted when the stove is in operation, for the purpose of trimming the wicks and replenishing the supply of oil.

It is also my purpose to so construct and arrange the drip recesses relatively to the burners that the overflowing or escaping oil will pass readily back into the oil-chamber.

It is a further object of my invention to improve the construction and arrangement of the bridge-plate, placing it between the holes in the upper part of the stove-plate, and providing it upon its under surface with a delectingplate and loop, which serve as bearings as well as deiectors for the heat.

It is my purpose, Jfinally, to provide novel means whereby the operator, when filling the oil-chamber, shall be able to determine readily when the oil has risen to the top of the reservoir in order that the inflow may be checked at the proper point.

In the drawings, the reference-letter A designates the base of the oil-reservoir B. Upon the upper wall of this reservoir are mounted the wick-tubes C, ofthe ordinary type, with attachments for operating the wicks, of any suitable form.

D represents the'drum portion of the stove, of rectangular shape, and having its several dimensions about equal, so that the exterior form is nearly eubical. A It is provided with a top plate, E, having a collar or depending flange, E', on its under side to iit upon the rim on the upper surface of the base-piece. This ilange hooks over the center in front, and the rear end of the top piece, E, is supported by a leg, F, hinged to the under side of said top piece, and serving not only as a support therefor, but as a lever to operate and support the same when tilted in the manner shown in Fig. l, the angle of inclination being sufficient to permit access to the wicks for the purpose of trimming. When the stove is fully heated and the burners require trimming, this inode of giving access thereto is a great convenience, as it avoids the necessity of removing the top plate or the covers upon the holes.

G indicates the bridge-plate in the top plate. It does not differ materially from any other bridge-plate for stoves, serving as a support between the holes, and when removed converting two holes into a continuous oblong opening. Said bridge-plate is provided with a depending flange or check-plate, H, at its rear end, to prevent the heat of the burners passing directly back and out of the rear opening in the top plate, E, or from escaping when the valve or damper placed at the rear hole for an outlet for heated air is open.

The bridge-plate is also provided with V- shaped loops or prolongations K, extending out toward the center of the holes L, and serving as supports for the covers or pots over the holes. (lo-operating with the loops K are two other supporting devices for each hole. These are shown at M, and are cast on the inner face of the heat space or fines, projecting upward to support the covers or the pots, and inclined toward the center of each hole, so that as the heat rises from the burners it is checkedby these projections and driven up against the under side of the bottom of the pots or vessels upon the stove, for distribution and reverberation of the heat-currents.

By making the plate G removable from Vthe plate E, as shown in the drawings, a pot can be set directly over the heaters or burners, and thus the best and most immediate results of the heating action and capacity ofthe stove are obtained.

The drip-plate N beneath the burners or wick tubes is slightly inclined downward toward the rear of the stove, and has upon its surface ribs P, to guide the overflow from the burners toward the inlet at 0by which the overflow is returned to the oil-reservoir.

Above the plate N is a loose cover-plate, y

N', provided with recesses at its corners to receive the supports of the air-box R, which tits closely around the burners, and at the same time may be slipped upward off said burners.

At the back side ol' the oil -reservoir is placed a funnel, R', extending downward as far as the top of the oil-reservoir. This funnel consists of a triangular, circular, or otherwise shaped downwardly-depending passage set in an opening in the top of the base portion of the stove, to which it is secured. It converges toward its lower end, which should not be extended beyond the botto rn of the plate N, and by this construction and arrangement the operator is enabled to see the oil as it enters the bottom of the funnel, and can therefore check the inflow at the proper point. The funnel is covered by a cap,which may be pivoted or hinged' upon the base-piece in any suitable manner. By giving to it the converging form described, and terminating -it at the top of the oil-reservoir, the operator is enabled to see the voil clearly the instantit en- 3o ters the bottom ofthe funnel.

lVhat I claim isl. The loose bridge-plate G, provided with a depending rib, H, and the V-shapedprojections K, in combination with the top plate of a stove, substantially as described.

2. The bridge-plate G,having the V-shaped projections, as shown,in combination with the upwardly-projecting deflectors M in the flues or liuc-spaces, substantially as described.

3. In an oil-stove, the combination,with the oil-chamber B, having loose cover N', of the inclined drip-plate N, having oil-conducting ribs Rand an oil-inlet to the oil-chamber at the lower end of the inclined drip-plate, said conducting ribs converging to or meeting at the said oil-inlet, substantially as described.

4. In an oil-stove, the depending flange or funnel-shaped passage set in an opening in the base-piece and leading into the oil-chamber, said passage converging toward its lower end, and extending no farther than the top `of said oil-chamber,whereby the supply of oil thereto may be checked at the proper point by the operator seeing the oil as it arrives at the lower end of said funnel, substantially as described.

FRANK A. ABENDROTH. [1.. s] Vitnesses:

EUGENE N. ELror, BOYD ELIo'r. 

